From NBC News: Eight additional Democrats signed on to an impeachment resolution against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in the wake of the killing of Alex Pretti, bringing the total number of co-sponsors to 120, according to a spokesperson for the office of Rep. Robin Kelly of Illinois.
Kelly’s impeachment resolution against Noem had garnered 100 co-sponsors as of Jan. 20, according to a press release, but the number spiked in recent days amid outcry over immigration enforcement practices as thousands of federal officers were deployed to Minnesota in what the administration has dubbed Operation Metro Surge.
The latest calls for Noem’s impeachment come as the Department of Homeland Security faces a fresh wave of scrutiny in the aftermath of two killings of U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.
In a Sunday post to X, the Democratic Party wrote, “IMPEACH KRISTI NOEM.”
IMPEACH KRISTI NOEM.
— Democrats (@TheDemocrats) January 25, 2026
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., had already indicated he’d decided to support efforts to impeach Noem, but after Pretti’s death, Thompson said in a statement, “The House must immediately take steps to impeach Kristi Noem,” calling it “sick” and saying it “should shock all Americans.”
“It is also more of the purposeful chaos and violence that Trump and Kristi Noem welcome and are responsible for,” he continued. “Trump and Noem have blood on their hands.”
On X, Thompson wrote, “Senate must vote against funding CBP & ICE. House must impeach Kristi Noem.”
Yet another US citizen killed by ICE & CBP. This must stop.
They must leave Minneapolis & release the body camera footage now.⁰
Do-nothing Republicans in Congress must hold hearings w/ ICE.⁰
Senate must vote against funding CBP & ICE. ⁰
House must impeach Kristi Noem.— Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (@BennieGThompson) January 24, 2026
It’s time for impeachment! https://t.co/RGKglXIWan
— Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (@BennieGThompson) January 26, 2026
Other Democrats have called on Noem to resign.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Flor., told Noem to step down, saying on X that the department “is telling us not to trust our own eyes,” and that it “can’t be trusted to investigate these killings.”
We cannot accept Trump flooding our cities with undisciplined, masked agents who show no respect for our rights and use lethal force against Americans.
DHS is telling us not to trust our own eyes. They can’t be trusted to investigate these killings. Noem must resign.
— Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (@RepDWStweets) January 25, 2026
Sens. Michael Bennet, D-Col. and Peter Welchm, D-Ver., have previously called on Noem to resign. Pretti’s death.
“The President needs to remove these federal agents from our cities now,” Bennet wrote in an X post. “Kristi Noem must resign and the dehumanizing policies must end immediately.”
I am horrified to hear ICE murdered another person in Minneapolis this morning. This violence is wreaking havoc on our communities and it must stop. The President needs to remove these federal agents from our cities now.
Kristi Noem must resign and the dehumanizing policies must…
— Michael Bennet (@SenatorBennet) January 24, 2026
DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said the department merely enforces Congress’ laws.
“If certain members don’t like those laws, changing them is literally their job,” McLaughlin said.
She pointed out that ICE officers are facing assaults as some politicians “would rather defend criminals and attack the men and women who are enforcing our laws.”
“It’s time they focus on protecting the American people, the work this Department is doing every day under Secretary Noem’s leadership,” McLaughlin said.
Said it before and I’ll say it again.
Impeach Kristi Noem.
— Rep. Shontel Brown (@RepShontelBrown) January 25, 2026
Impeach and remove Kristi Noem.
Congress must not fund DHS.
No more money without disciplined leadership and massive reforms—real training, body cameras, no masks—and clear rules for how federal agent misconduct will be investigated, prosecuted, and punished.
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) January 25, 2026
Donald Trump and Kristi Noem are terrorizing our cities with lawless masked agents.
My Democratic colleagues and I will not stop fighting to keep Americans safe and bring justice to all of those who have been harmed by this administration.
ICE out of our cities.
Impeach Noem.… pic.twitter.com/L8LbkBP4MO— Rep. Tim Kennedy (@RepTimKennedy) January 25, 2026
Read more at NBC News
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